{"id":12021,"date":"2011-06-01T23:26:01","date_gmt":"2011-06-01T22:26:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/?p=12021"},"modified":"2011-06-01T23:33:33","modified_gmt":"2011-06-01T22:33:33","slug":"netflix-reed-hastings-at-d9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/2011\/06\/01\/netflix-reed-hastings-at-d9\/","title":{"rendered":"Netflix CEO Reed Hastings at D9"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Reed-Hastings-at-D9.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Reed-Hastings-at-D9.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Reed Hastings at D9\" width=\"560\" height=\"280\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-12022\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Netflix\">Netflix<\/a> CEO <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Reed_Hastings\">Reed Hastings<\/a> recently spoke at the <a href=\"http:\/\/allthingsd.com\/category\/conferences\/\">D9 technology conference<\/a> about various issues surrounding the home entertainment site.<\/p>\n<p>Since it launched in 1999, the subscription service has grown into a juggernaut, with over 23 million current users. <\/p>\n<p>The subscriber growth over the last two years has been staggering, with a 63 percent rise since 2009.<\/p>\n<p>Hastings spoke to <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kara_swisher\">Kara Swisher<\/a> of the <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wall_Street_Journal\">Wall Street Journal<\/a> about what consumers want, how they complement the new release business, whether cable consumers are &#8216;<a href=\"http:\/\/seattletimes.nwsource.com\/html\/technologybrierdudleysblog\/2015202822_d9_netflix_boss.html\">cutting the chord<\/a>&#8216;, international expansion, original programming (such as <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/news\/official-netflix-will-distribute-david-169194\">David Fincher&#8217;s US remake<\/a> of <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/House_of_Cards\">House of Cards<\/a>), the <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Long_Tail\">Long Tail<\/a> success of <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Firefly_(TV_series)\">Firefly<\/a> on Netflix, devices, and his concerns for the future.<\/p>\n<p>Here are some video highlights:<\/p>\n<p><object id=\"wsj_fp\" width=\"560\" height=\"317\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/s.wsj.net\/media\/swf\/main.swf\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><\/param><param name=\"flashvars\" value=\"videoGUID={12B7B1C4-9192-4A3A-9AA5-CF70EB8E32B4}&#038;playerid=4001&#038;plyMediaEnabled=1&#038;configURL=http:\/\/m.wsj.net\/video-players\/&#038;autoStart=false\" 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